To ask Reform voters/potential Reform voters whether they think the triple lock should be kept or not?

[Jane379]

Personally I'm suspicious of Reform and Restore and am hoping that if Labour don't shape up (I'm a Labour voters but unhappy with current state) Tory Party will improve under Kemi. I can understand however why many want to vote Reform or Restore.

However, this thread specifically is just about the triple lock. Reform say they will trim benefits which does need to be done in some way, but they want to keep the triple lock. I was suprised at this initially as the triple lock seems increasingly unsustainable. Restore in contrast want to stop it, while Tories, Labour and Lib Dems want to keep it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg735z447kro

What do people who want to vote or might vote Reform think about this?

Not a reform voter but agree with some of their boldness . Only if someone has 35 yrs NI contributions.

I agree with keeping it for those who have paid in for 35 years.

OAPs have paid in what was asked of them at the time and it is all a lot of pensioners have. Compulsory private pensions didn’t start until 2018. Finally UK pensions are already low.

FWIW I’m not a pensioner yet.

Yes, I'm not wholly sure about the triple lock but I do want pensioners to be protected. Good point re compulsory pensions only becoming a thing recently. Plenty of SAHMs are also likely to have private pensions.
Some Boomer generation people have behaved badly but a lot of the generalisations about greedy Boomers you see here & elsewhere seem more like ageism, and ignoring that a lot are not particularly wealthy or are in financial hardship.

This article also made me think..

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/fifth-pensioners-poverty-experts-say-should-be-fixed-4707138?srsltid=AfmBOoqrnxqVUn798sT4Xt6XG0Vozo_4jcCMopG5p2IV3MkKBePmtT-B

The current state pension is about 12.5k

Could you live on that per year ?